1928 Print Building Steel Stilt Foundation Construction ORIGINAL HISTORIC SKY Quirky & Questionable Walter Thompson Company

Walter Thompson Company

33rd & Walnut Streets Philadelphia PA

When the United States entered World War I in 1917

This piece was illustrated by Flanagan

Edward Windsor Kemble was born in Sacramento

1928 Print Building Steel Stilt Foundation Construction ORIGINAL HISTORIC SKY Quirky & Questionable Walter Thompson CompanyThis is an original 1928 halftone print of a building built on steel stilts instead of a heavy masonry foundation. "A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel," (Mason Cooley). Period Paper is pleased to offer a collection of original halftone prints of skyscrapers and the building methods used in their construction during the 1920's. This collection will appeal to architects and engineers with an interest in the history of modern buildings and